MARGRETHE AHLSCHWEDE (Ph.D., U of Nebraska—Lincoln) teaches writing
courses at the University of Nebraska. Her short story, "Wintering," appeared in
the summer 1991 issue of Cutbank. She has published poetry in South Dakota Review, Whole
Notes, and Plainsongs.

ROBERT BATEMAN (Ed.D., Rutgers U) teaches at Concord College. His
recent articles on Latin American and Caribbean poetry, and the work of William Meredith
are forthcoming from Salem Press.

JUDY ELSLEY (Ph.D., U of Arizona) is Assistant Professor of English at
Weber State University. Her recent publications include: "Laughter as Feminine Power
in The Color Purple and A Question of Silence" in New Perspectives on Women and
Comedy edited by Regina Barreca (1992). An essay, "The Dissertation Quilt," will
be published by Duke University Press in an anthology titled Wisdom in the Bones:
Autobiographical Literary Criticism (forthcoming).

DAVID GALEF (Ph.D., U of Columbia) is Assistant Professor of English
at the University of Mississippi. He has published short fiction in Punch, Gettysburg
Review, Shenandoah and others. His articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times
Magazine, Newsweek, and American Literature. A book of criticism is forthcoming from
Pennsylvania State University Press.

ACE G. PILKINGTON (D.Phil. Oxford U) is Associate Professor of English
at Dixie College and literary seminar director for the Utah Shakespearean Festival. His
poems and essays have appeared in Amazing, Encyclia, Plains Poetry Journal, Blue Unicorn,
Literature/Film Quarterly, New Mexico Humanities Review, Weber Studies, and others. His
book, Screening Shakespeare from Richard II to Henry V is reviewed in this issue.

MAY SARTON, poet, novelist, and journal writer, celebrates her 80th
birthday on 2 May 1992, even as this issue comes off the press. See p.16 for biographical
details.

NEILA C. SESHACHARI (Ph.D., U of Utah) is Professor of English and
Editor of Weber Studies at Weber State University. Her interviews with Ann Beattie and
Alan Cheuse have appeared in the journal. Her latest work includes an article on Gatsby
which appeared in Major Literary Characters: Gatsby edited with an introduction by Harold
Bloom (Chelsea House, 1991). Another article on Eco-Feminine philosophy is scheduled for
publication in A Wilderness Tapestry: An Eclectic Approach to Preservation (University of
Nevada Press, forthcoming).

LINDA SILLITOE is a professional writer and editor living in Salt Lake
City, Utah. Her published books include Sideways to the Sun (a novel), Windows on the Sea
(a collection of short stories), and Salamander: The Story of the Mormon Forgery Murders
co-authored by Allen D. Roberts (an investigative regional best seller). She is currently
working on an ethnobiography, One Voice Rising, with Ute healer and tribal leader Clifford
Duncan.

RUTH D. WESTON (Ph.D., U of Tulsa) is Associate Professor of English
at Oral Roberts University where she teaches Women's Studies and American literature. Her
most recent publications appear in Shortstory and Mississippi Quarterly. An essay,
"Folk Art, Fine Art, and Eudora Welty: Aesthetic Precedents in 'Lily Daw and the
Three Ladies,'" appeared in Eudora Welty: The Eye of the Storyteller (Kent State
University Press, 1989).